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- From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.no>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada
- Date: 06 Feb 1996 13:57:16 +0000
- Organization: Naggum Software; +47 2295 0313
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- [Nasser Abbasi]
-
- | Any one looking at the market place sees C++ jobs all over with almost
- | no Ada commerical jobs. Other than Boeing 777 project, what else is
- | there? (commerical)
-
- are you looking at the market for employed or unemployed programmers?
-
- take into account that a programmer who says he knows C/C++ is generally
- lying, but one who says he knows Ada is generally honest. this means that
- you need to get *many* applicants for C/C++ jobs to find one you can hire.
-
- notice how Microsoft's shitty products caused every user to seek help,
- write his own "smart utility", and thus generated enormous publicity for
- the products, including still-wet-behind-the-ears consultants, third-party
- vendors who sold stop-gap solutions, and magazines that thrived on it all.
-
- people talk about unsolved problems, not solved ones. e.g., people who
- have been treated unfairly generally talk about it at great length. people
- who have been treated well are just happy.
-
- a large and fiercely competitive market only tells you of an unfilled need,
- a need _not_ adequately filled by any of the goods or services offered.
-
- build a fancy-looking mousetrap that needs frequent replacement, and the
- world will beat a path to your door. build a robust mousetrap, and your
- customers will come only once, however happy.
-
- imagine if the buyers of the first PC's with PC-DOS didn't have to upgrade.
-
- #<Erik 3032603833813043>
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